Enhancement of synchronization in brain during acupuncture

Author

Li Nuo ; Wang Jiang ; Che Yan-Qiu ; Wei Xile ; Deng Bin ; Guo Yi ; Wang Chao

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Autom., Tianjin Univ., Tianjin, China

fYear

2010

fDate

29-31 July 2010

Firstpage

2945

Lastpage

2948

Abstract

Synchronization which is the critical feature for the exchanging of information in brain is considered as the mechanism of brain function and regional integration. In this paper, a standard experiment has been designed in order to research the synchronization in brain when acupuncture. Totally 6 healthy volunteers with an age group of 23-27 years old are subjects in the experiment. The coherence estimation method and the mean phase synchronization method are used to measure the synchronization of electroencephalographic (EEG) signals when acupuncture. It is found that the synchronization in brain is enhanced when acupuncture, which means that the electrical activity of different region in brain can be coordinated by acupuncture. It can be supposed that the coordinating role may be one of the mechanisms of acupuncture.

Keywords

bioelectric phenomena; electroencephalography; estimation theory; medical signal processing; patient treatment; synchronisation; acupuncture; brain; coherence estimation method; electrical activity; electroencephalographic; mean phase synchronization; Brain; Coherence; Electrodes; Electroencephalography; Phase measurement; Synchronization; Acupuncture; Coherence Estimation; EEG; Mean Phase Synchronization; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (CCC), 2010 29th Chinese

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6263-6

Type

conf

Filename

5574047